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• Runs continue to flow for Cook in final Ashes Test (AFP)
• Chelsea' s Ancelotti says lucky not to be sacked (AFP)
• Local authorities rubbished over trash backlog (AFP)
• Study tracks turtles journey across South Atlantic (AP)
• Scottish singer Gerry Rafferty dies aged 63: agent (AFP)
• United extend EPL lead after Stoke victory (AFP)
• Top Chinese official in talks on Spain's economic woes (AFP)
• Fed sees Europe as potential threat to US recovery (AFP)
• Iran to let countries visit nuclear sites, not US (AP)
• Wales flanker Dafydd Jones forced to retire (AFP)
• Europe ups security for Copts amid online threats (AP)
• 5 ships trapped by ice off eastern Russia (AP)
• Don't fancy a pint? UK introduces new beer size (AP)
• Schwarzenegger tweet to Medvedev: Let's go skiing (AP)
• UK police release video of royal car attack (AP)
• Construction work starts at Lourdes shrine (AP)
• Partial solar eclipse visible over Mideast, Europe (AP)
• 1 roe-deer saved, 1 drifting on ice in Poland (AP)
• Spanish court open probe into killings in Iraq (AP)
• Queen's rural retreat struck by canine disease (AP)

Runs continue to flow for Cook in final Ashes Test (AFP) Posted: 04 Jan 2011 05:51 PM PST AFP - England's Alastair Cook claimed his third century and 700 runs for the series to further torment Australia's bowlers on the third day of the final Ashes Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Wednesday.

Chelsea' s Ancelotti says lucky not to be sacked (AFP) Posted: 04 Jan 2011 05:46 PM PST AFP - Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti admits he is lucky not to have been sacked after his side's dismal run.

Local authorities rubbished over trash backlog (AFP) Posted: 04 Jan 2011 04:39 PM PST AFP - A minister accused local authorities of complacency Wednesday over a backlog of rubbish that has built up following a cold snap and a series of public holidays.

Study tracks turtles journey across South Atlantic (AP) Posted: 04 Jan 2011 04:11 PM PST AP - Leatherback turtles swim for thousands of miles across the South Atlantic to get to their feeding grounds, a trip that takes some of them 150 days to complete, researchers said Wednesday.

Scottish singer Gerry Rafferty dies aged 63: agent (AFP) Posted: 04 Jan 2011 03:47 PM PST AFP - Scottish singer-songwriter Gerry Rafferty, who enjoyed huge success with 1970s hits "Baker Street" and "Stuck in the Middle With You" died on Tuesday after a long illness, his agent said. He was 63.

United extend EPL lead after Stoke victory (AFP) Posted: 04 Jan 2011 03:01 PM PST AFP - Manchester United went three points clear at the top of the English Premier League table after a 2-1 win over Stoke on Tuesday.

Top Chinese official in talks on Spain's economic woes (AFP) Posted: 04 Jan 2011 01:15 PM PST AFP - Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang held talks with Spain's finance minister on Tuesday at the start of a visit focusing on economic issues, including the crisis in Spain, and business deals.

Fed sees Europe as potential threat to US recovery (AFP) Posted: 04 Jan 2011 01:08 PM PST AFP - The Federal Reserve is watching for any worsening of Europe's debt and banking problems that could damage the US economic recovery, according to meeting minutes released Tuesday.

Iran to let countries visit nuclear sites, not US (AP) Posted: 04 Jan 2011 12:52 PM PST AP - Iran said Tuesday it had invited the European Union and some other world powers — but apparently not chief critic the United States — to tour nuclear sites before the next round of international talks in late January on its disputed nuclear program.

Wales flanker Dafydd Jones forced to retire (AFP) Posted: 04 Jan 2011 12:31 PM PST AFP - Wales flanker Dafydd Jones has retired from rugby union after failing to recover from a shoulder injury, the Scarlets, the back-row's club, announced Tuesday.

Europe ups security for Copts amid online threats (AP) Posted: 04 Jan 2011 10:37 AM PST AP - Christian Copts in Europe are under tougher new police protection following Internet threats against their European places of worship, even as some prepare special services in honor of the 21 Copts killed in a weekend massacre at a church in their Egyptian homeland.

5 ships trapped by ice off eastern Russia (AP) Posted: 04 Jan 2011 10:26 AM PST AP - Two Russian icebreakers are trying to free a fishing trawler that among five ships with a total of more than 500 people aboard caught in heavy ice in the Sea of Okhotsk.

Don't fancy a pint? UK introduces new beer size (AP) Posted: 04 Jan 2011 10:11 AM PST AP - Britain is calling time on more than 300 years of history, by relaxing rules on pub glass sizes.

Schwarzenegger tweet to Medvedev: Let's go skiing (AP) Posted: 04 Jan 2011 09:51 AM PST AP - The Russian president and the Terminator are tweeting — and may soon go skiing together.

UK police release video of royal car attack (AP) Posted: 04 Jan 2011 09:50 AM PST AP - British police released Tuesday a video of a mob kicking and hitting a limo carrying Prince Charles and his wife during student protests last month, hoping to find witnesses and suspects in one of the worst royal security breaches in recent years.

Construction work starts at Lourdes shrine (AP) Posted: 04 Jan 2011 09:00 AM PST AP - Workers dangling from rock-climbing ropes on Tuesday began a monthlong construction effort to prevent stones from falling in the grotto where worshippers pray at the Roman Catholic shrine of Lourdes.

Partial solar eclipse visible over Mideast, Europe (AP) Posted: 04 Jan 2011 08:31 AM PST AP - Wintry skies darkened over Switzerland on Tuesday morning, but Romanians were treated to a pinkish ethereal light and Swedes to a beautiful sunrise, as a partial solar eclipse that began over the Mideast extended across much of Europe.

1 roe-deer saved, 1 drifting on ice in Poland (AP) Posted: 04 Jan 2011 08:14 AM PST AP - A local governor says that firefighters have saved one of two roe-deer drifting on sheets of ice on the Baltic Sea off northern Poland's coast.

Spanish court open probe into killings in Iraq (AP) Posted: 04 Jan 2011 07:38 AM PST AP - A Spanish judge has opened a probe into a melee in which Iraqi security forces are accused of killing 11 members of an Iranian exile group in a camp in Iraq in 2009, according to a court order obtained Tuesday by The Associated Press.

Queen's rural retreat struck by canine disease (AP) Posted: 04 Jan 2011 07:12 AM PST AP - Animal health experts are trying to determine the cause of a serious canine disease found at Queen Elizabeth II's Sandringham Estate.

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